The Berlin Wall‚ three words which bring to mind some of the most turbulent and confusing years twentieth century Germany had ever seen. Often‚ when discussing this topic‚ most of the focus mainly surrounds the construction and destruction of this great barrier. Although these topics will be discussed at length‚ the reasons for its construction and later destruction began long before any sign of an official barrier made an appearance. After World War II‚ Germany was divided into four zones
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Explain Why Stalin Blockaded Berlin in 1948. Germany had become a liability for the Western Allies. After WWII‚ Germany’s economy was in ruins. However the Allies did not want to restore Germany’s military power‚ as this could be a dangerous move. The only way to end poverty and suffering in the country was to rebuild it’s industries and restore the economy‚ so that Germany would not have to rely on the Allies and would become self-sufficient. This is why the Western part of Germany was included
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After World War II Germany was divided into sections‚ with the section including Berlin belonging to communist controlled Soviet Union. Many nations‚ including America‚ had friends and family living in the city. These nations did not agree with the communist ideals of the Soviets‚ and wanted to make sure they were not being mistreated in the city. The Berlin Airlift is important to American history because it showed that Americans were not afraid to stand up to their former allies and aid their people
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“Assess the significance of the Truman Doctrine for the origins and development of the cold war” The Truman Doctrine was significant to the origins and the development of the cold war between 1945 and 1991 as it had many effects on the Ideologies of Communism and Capitalism‚ the Sphere of Influence and Universalism. Other significant events that helped shape the Cold War were the three big war conferences‚ which were the Yalta‚ Tehran and the Potsdam all of which were attended by the big three
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During the 1960’s the Berlin wall was built to try to stop the number of emigrants crossing the border. It completely cut Berlin in half‚ the east were communists and the west were democrats. They built the wall within days‚ which ever side you happened to be on that night is the side you stayed on. There was no getting back across for any reason. They immediately had guards‚ guard dogs‚ and traps all along the wall to kill anyone near it. The people tried to fight against it‚ it did not benefit
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Central Europe‚ and in the summer of 1948 he sought to retaliate by imposing a blockade upon West Berlin. (West Berlin—comprising the British‚ American‚ and French sectors of the German capital—was an anticommunist island‚ surrounded on all sides by Soviet-controlled East Germany; the geography made it easy for Stalin to cut off access.) On 24 June 1948‚ Stalin blocked all traffic into and out of West Berlin and cut off the city’s electricity. President Harry Truman did not want to start World War III
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The significance of mass media It is a basic assumption of this book that the mass media (newspapers‚ television and radio especially) are of considerable‚ and still growing‚ importance in modem societies. This view of the media is widely shared‚ and the reasons seem to lie in the fact that the media are: a power resource - a potential means of influence‚ control and innovation in society; the primary means of transmission and source of information essential to the working of most social
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The Ghosts of Berlin: Confronting German History in the Urban Landscape by Brian Ladd examines the past political controversies and recounts Berlin’s troubled history. The value of this source is that there is meaningful information about the impacts on Berlin and the world after the war. He examines the decisions that were made to erect the Berlin Wall and the ramification of those decisions. A limitation of this source is that it was written in 1997‚ 36 years after the wall was built‚ political
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Pendulum From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia For other uses‚ see Pendulum (disambiguation). "Simple gravity pendulum" model assumes no friction or air resistance. A pendulum is a weight suspended from a pivot so that it can swing freely.[1] When a pendulum is displaced sideways from its resting equilibrium position‚ it is subject to a restoring force due to gravity that will accelerate it back toward the equilibrium position. When released‚ the restoring force combined with the pendulum’s mass
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For as long as I can remember‚ the Western Conference has been a more competitive than the Eastern Conference by a landslide. This imbalance has jeopardized the integrity of the NBA championship to fans across the world because the playoff path to the final series gets skewed. So many of the NBA’s great all-time teams have been located in the Western Conference. Recent examples include the Los Angeles Lakers‚San Antonio Spurs‚ Dallas Mavericks‚ and most recently the super team Golden State Warriors
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